The Los Angeles Dodgers saw their season-high four-game winning streak snapped at the hands of the Washington Nationals on Friday, in the first of a three-game series at Dodger Stadium.
The opening contest featured one of the best starting pitching duels in recent memory, with Clayton Kershaw and Max Scherzer opposing each other on the mound. It was just the 13th time in MLB history where both starting pitchers with at least three Cy Young Awards faced off against each other.
The rare meeting was rather one-sided, however, as Kershaw was tabbed with nine hits and four earned runs over seven innings.